Biography

Jack Heath is the award-winning* author of five action-adventure books. He started writing The Lab when he was 13 years old and had a publishing contract for it at 18. He's 23 now, but all the older writers still make fun of him.

He is also the founder of New Poe, a website on which writers submit, critique, and win prizes for short stories.

When he's not writing or web-designing, Jack is performing street magic, composing film music, teaching or lecturing at schools and festivals, or playing a variety of instruments including the piano and the bass guitar. He stoically ignores his lack of qualifications or training in any of these areas.

Jack was born in Sydney in 1986, but has resided in Canberra since age 9. He didn't intend to end up there, but he's afraid of big cities, small towns, places where no-one speaks English, and places where he doesn't know anyone - so every passing day makes it harder to leave. He lives with his girlfriend, Venetia Major (head jeweller at Zoisite Designs) and their cat, Onyx.

He's been worried about our world's impending doom through environmental catastrophe since reading Stark by Ben Elton when he was 14. Click here if you share his concern.

In 2008, Jack's books were the subject of four mini-documentaries by Broken Bush Films, entitled The Jack Heath Chronicles.

"In my opinion, he is one of Australia's most interesting young writers."
--Tara Moss, bestselling author of Siren and winner of two Selwa Anthony Sassy Awards (Best Novel and Ongoing Success.)

"...two of the biggest Australian names in slam-dunk thrillers - Matthew Reilly and Jack Heath."
--Rosemary Sorensen, The Australian.

^{*ACT Young Australian of the Year 2009, Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2007 shortlist (for Remote Control).}